diff --git a/app/models/issue.rb b/app/models/issue.rb
index 1259361da..007339130 100644
--- a/app/models/issue.rb
+++ b/app/models/issue.rb
@@ -311,7 +311,6 @@ class Issue < ActiveRecord::Base
   # Should be called from controllers instead of #attributes=
   # attr_accessible is too rough because we still want things like
   # Issue.new(:project => foo) to work
-  # TODO: move workflow/permission checks from controllers to here
   def safe_attributes=(attrs, user=User.current)
     return unless attrs.is_a?(Hash)
 
@@ -321,9 +320,11 @@ class Issue < ActiveRecord::Base
 
     # Project and Tracker must be set before since new_statuses_allowed_to depends on it.
     if p = attrs.delete('project_id')
-      self.project_id = p
+      if allowed_target_projects(user).collect(&:id).include?(p.to_i)
+        self.project_id = p
+      end
     end
-    
+
     if t = attrs.delete('tracker_id')
       self.tracker_id = t
     end
@@ -769,7 +770,16 @@ class Issue < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
   # End ReportsController extraction
 
-  # Returns an array of projects that current user can move issues to
+  # Returns an array of projects that user can assign the issue to
+  def allowed_target_projects(user=User.current)
+    if new_record?
+      Project.all(:conditions => Project.allowed_to_condition(user, :add_issues))
+    else
+      self.class.allowed_target_projects_on_move(user)
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Returns an array of projects that user can move issues to
   def self.allowed_target_projects_on_move(user=User.current)
     projects = []
     if user.admin?
diff --git a/app/views/issues/_form.html.erb b/app/views/issues/_form.html.erb
index 19b5f08eb..6634723f7 100644
--- a/app/views/issues/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/issues/_form.html.erb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 <% end %>
 
 <% if @issue.safe_attribute? 'project_id' %>
-<p><%= f.select :project_id, project_tree_options_for_select(Issue.allowed_target_projects_on_move, :selected => @issue.project), :required => true %></p>
+<p><%= f.select :project_id, project_tree_options_for_select(@issue.allowed_target_projects, :selected => @issue.project), :required => true %></p>
 <%= observe_field :issue_project_id, :url => project_issue_form_path(@project, :id => @issue, :project_change => '1'),
                                      :with => "Form.serialize('issue-form')" %>
 <% end %>
diff --git a/test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb
index 5879e666b..c6b96cb3e 100644
--- a/test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb
@@ -1630,6 +1630,18 @@ class IssuesControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     assert_tag 'input', :attributes => {:name => 'copy_from', :value => '1'}
   end
 
+  def test_create_as_copy_on_project_without_permission_should_ignore_target_project
+    @request.session[:user_id] = 2
+    assert !User.find(2).member_of?(Project.find(4))
+
+    assert_difference 'Issue.count' do
+      post :create, :project_id => 1, :copy_from => 1,
+        :issue => {:project_id => '4', :tracker_id => '3', :status_id => '1', :subject => 'Copy'}
+    end
+    issue = Issue.first(:order => 'id DESC')
+    assert_equal 1, issue.project_id
+  end
+
   def test_get_edit
     @request.session[:user_id] = 2
     get :edit, :id => 1